Combiner Wars 2016 - First Two Deluxe Waves Revealed Plus Legends Wave 2

Mr. Chaos has returned, spreading information gleaned from retailer inventory computers. His update tonight brings us confirmation of a full Combaticon team, featuring the entire original roster of characters. But the surprise comes after that as the next Deluxe wave looks to be another Autobot Car assortment. And the news is rounded out with a set of three more Legends. Click through for all the details!

This full assortment is likely the first wave of 2016 (which generally means we'll see it on shelves as early as the end of November 2015) which would put them as shipping alongside a previously leaked Voyager Onslaught commonly believed to be a Hot Spot retool. Vortex is also most likely a third use of the Alpha Bravo mold. And while Brawl could potentially be realized through a substantial retooling of Rook, we may be able to expect at least two new molds in this wave to bring us the remaining characters.

The data for this assortment is incomplete, though an obvious answer to the fourth unit would be the Ratchet revealed in First Aid's designer data page. Trailbreaker - presumably which will not actually be released with that name, but stranger things have happened lately - may be an immediate retool of Swindle, as the two characters have an interesting and complicated history of shared body types in certain situations. Following on from Prowl who will be part of wave 4 and most likely a Streetwise redeco, Smokescreen may be a retool of Dead End and mix in some of the Prowl parts. If so, that may represent our first "crossover" of elements from distinct retool pairs. Wheeljack is a little less obvious. It MAY be a new mold, but it could be more likely to be a retool of Breakdown. Taking what was done in converting the vaguely Ferrari Dead End and making something more Lamborghini of it, Breakdown could be reshelled to favor a different car style and get a new head and chest piece to carry across Wheeljack. Sunstreaker in wave 4 will only be the first reuse of the mold, most likely with a minimal change of parts, meaning Breakdown is likely due for a major overhaul.

Stripes and Rewind almost certainly will be new mold figures, and predict a fair few reuses down the line. Stripes is an Autobot redeco of Ravage, produced in 2012 for Encore Twincast. This obviously points to a Ravage coming along somewhere later on. If the mold is made with a reasonable amount of retooling in mind, it might also see another use as Steeljaw. Rewind also is obvious to get an Eject use from, and could be remodeled somewhat to make Frenzy and Rumble possible as well. Going by standing patterns, Wreck-Gar is probably a reuse of the Groove mold, which means it could be compatible with Bruticus assuming Onslaught's retooling doesn't eliminate the needed connection points. Wreck-Gar would probably be absolute garbage as a chest plate though.